12/27/12

Fortunately Eli is in a good mood unfortunately he is still in the hospital with fever on and off. They still haven’t figured out the reason he has fever and we picked the wrong week to get sick because his main DR at CHLA is on vacation and although she has backup it isn’t at all the same. He took a blood culture which takes 48 hours from when he took it until they get the real results but in the meantime they treat him as if he has a infection with IV antibiotics and Tylenol for the fever. Also he needs to be fever free for 24 hours before they release him so the chances of being home for shabos are dimming we are still hoping but either way he and we will be fine.

As the flu season the hospitals rules are that NO ONE even siblings under the age of 12 are allowed to visit for fear of germs. This will not be easy for Eli or Sori or Ari as they really miss him and don’t quite get what’s going on with him but slowly they are beginning to understand unfortunately.

While the going seems to be getting a little harder on us atleast for Eli he seems to be getting adjusted with what the reality is and for the most part is a super champ. Hoping for a happier better report before shabos. Thanks to everyone for EVERYTHING

Special Announcement

For the last few months a group of our close friends have been arranging to join Chai Lifelines marathon taking place in Florida on 2/2/14. They have already 12+ people just on the “team Eli” group along the many others that run for Chai Lifeline. To do so every runner goes through MONTHS of rigorous training which they have all began doing already. This is one of the bigger fundraisers for Chai Lifeline who anyone who has ever needed their services knows how vital they are when a family member is going through a illness. And for those who BH haven’t had a sick family member and beezrat hashem will never have should know that they are simply a lifeline. Always there and always thinking about what they can do to take their chesed to the next level.

Our family will forever be makir tov to them for what they have done for us and continue to do. Every runner that signs up is essentially pledging $3600 to join the CL team. Aside from the training they do they must also raise the $$. On the link below there is a team Eli page which shows how much together the team has raised but you can click on each persons name and donate directly to their pledge. We beezrat hashem hope as a family to be there together with Eli who will be pushed in a wheelchair/stroller by one of the runners during the marathon

I look at this as a insurance plan that hopefully your donation should chas vshalom never be used towards your family or anyone you know but for us its the ultimate lifeline. Again I ask that anyone that can should please donate whatever they can “every dollar counts”. If you can donate $5 great if you can do more even better. If you can fully sponsor a runner would be amazing. There is also nothing wrong with a runner more then fulfilling their pledges for this great and worthy cause.

Anyone wishing to join the team should please email Ayalaback@gmail.com and anyone wishing to donate should please go to this link: http://www.teamlifeline.org/myteam.php?myid=88.

All I can say simply is “tizku lmitzvos”

The Gradons